Mr. Higgins Comes Home by Mike Mignola, art by Warwick Johnson-Caldwell Dark Horse, 2017 ISBN: 9781506704661 Available: print, ebook Mr. Higgins Comes Home is an original graphic novel by Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Caldwell. The household at Castle Golga are planning for the annual festival of Walpurigsnacht, as a pair of vampire killers question a man […]
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Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition by Mike Mignola, art by Mike Mignola Dark Horse, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1-50670-363-3 Available: Hardcover Hellboy in Hell, Library Edition contains storylines originally collected in the trade paperbacks The Descent and The Death Card, and takes place after The Storm and the Fury. In the opening chapter, we witness Hellboy’s liberation from an abyss by Sir Edward Gray, followed […]
Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir, art by Christina “Steenz” Stewart Oni Press, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781620104705 Available: Paperback After losing her job at the library due to her failing mental health, Celeste “Cel” Walden lands an archivist job at the Logan Museum, previously a sanitarium. The position, she finds out quickly, is a bit odd. […]
Army of Darkness/Xena Warrior Princess: Forever and a Day by Scott Lobdell, art by Elliot Fernandez Dynamite Entertainment, 2017 ISBN-13: 9781524103514 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, and comiXology ebook The Army of Darkness/Xena Warrior Princess: Forever and a Day storyline opens with Xena holding her wounded life companion, Gabrielle, after her army has been destroyed by the ultimate evil. […]
Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter by Marcus Sedgwick, art by Thomas Taylor First Second, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781626720268 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Scarlett Hart is the orphaned daughter of two legendary monster hunters, and is determined to carry on in her family business. However, two obstacles consistently get in her way. The Royal Academy for the […]
The Westwood Witches by El Torres, art by Abel Garcia Amigo Comics, 2015 ISBN: 9788416074761 Available: print, comiXology ebook The Westwood Witches opens with a man running for his life. His pursuers, a coven of witches, punish him for his lack of neighborly respect. After they are finished with him, they use his near-dead body as a […]
Straitjacket by El Torres, art by Guillermo Sanna Amigo Comics, 2016 ISBN: 9788416486199 Available: Trade paperback (direct from Amigo Comics), comiXology ebook As a child, Alexandra Wagner ritually murdered her twin brother, Alexander. She was subsequently institutionalized and believes she protects the real world against “The Outer Darkness”, with the help of her brother on the […]
TV Review: The Gifted S1 E10 eXploited
March 3, 2018Argh argh argh! I am so glad I’m binge watching this and not watching it live. The last episode ended on a downer, but this one made me want more right away! Lauren and Andy were captured (while their parents watched) in the last episode. We also saw Esme manipulate Thunderbird (and maybe a few […]
TV Review: The Gifted S1 E9 outfoX
February 24, 2018We are definitely building to something big here. While the Struckers try to come to terms with what Otto revealed to them last episode (their great grandparents were terrorists and the kids have the same powers), Esme, the telepath the MU crew just rescued goes a little crazy in her attempts to rescue her family […]
Atheneum, August, 2004 ISBN: 0689848374 Available: New and Used Four of Poe’s classic tales are presented here. In The Black Cat, a man blames his black cat for his descent into murder and madness, The Masque of the Red Death is a tale about nobles who hole up in a castle in an attempt to escape the […]